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Oakland University
Art and Art History

310 Wilson Hall
Rochester , MI 48309
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phone: (248) 370-3375
fax: (248) 370-3377

Oakland University
Art and Art History

310 Wilson Hall
Rochester , MI 48309
(location map)
phone: (248) 370-3375
fax: (248) 370-3377

Petya Andreeva

woman with long straight hair looking at the camera
Assistant Professor of Art History
311A Wilson Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2541
Fax: (248) 370-3377
[email protected]


Education
Ph.D., Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, 2018, University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences

MA (terminal, PhD track), Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, 2014, University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences

BA, Department of East Asian Studies, 2013, Colby College

Major Fields and Research Interests
Chinese Funerary Art, Central Asian Art and Archaeology, Art of the early Eurasian nomads, Chinese aesthetics, Modern and Contemporary Art in Central Asia, Art of the Mongol Empire.

Selected Publications
Andreeva, Petya V, and Atwood, Christopher P. “Camp and Audience Scenes in late Iron Age Rock Drawings from Khawtsgait, Mongolia.” Archaeological Research in Asia (November 2017).

Redefining Edo Female Identity through Iki Aesthetics in Undergarment Textiles”, In Fashion Through History, Edited by Antonello Biagini, Cambridge Scholars.

“From Xu Bing to Shu Yong: Linguistic Phenomena in Chinese Installation Art”. Sino-Platonic Papers (April, 2015).

“Deciphering the Religious and Secular Imagery from the Ōtani Central Asian Collection of NMK: Case Studies from Museums around the World”. National Museum of Korea: Museum Network Fellowship, 2016.

In Preparation:

Posters, Politics and Pioneers: Reconfiguring the Poster Art of the Early Soviet East (1920-1930). I.B. Tauris.

Fantastic Beasts of the Eurasian Steppes: Toward a Revisionist Approach to Animal-style Art

Invited Lectures and Conference Presentations (selection)
College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference, New York, NY. “Between Optics and Theatrics in Nomadic Tomb Design: The Question of Audience in Iron Age Elite Burials along the Chinese Northern Periphery” (February, 2019).

Silk Road Conference, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. “Beasts Made of Gold: Hidden Treasures of the Early Steppe Routes” (September, 2018).

Association for Asian Studies Conference, Washington DC. “Rethinking Tangut Legal Documents: Beyond the Sinicization Narrative” (March, 2018).

American Center for Mongolian Studies, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: “Fantastic Beasts on the Eurasian Steppes: The Politics of Burial Regalia in Iron Age Funerary Art along the Mongolian Steppes and Further West” (March, 2018).

College Art Association Annual Conference: “Art of the Soviet East: Reconstructing the Politics of Central Asian Vignettes” (Upcoming: February, 2018).

Association for Asian Studies Conference. Toronto, Canada. “Animal Art at the Northern and Southern Periphery of the Han Empire” (March, 2017).

The 11th Annual International Mongolian Studies Conference. Washington DC. “New Scenes from the Xiongnu Times: The Khawtsgait Petroglyphs” (Co-Presenter Christopher Atwood).

National Museum of Korea Museum Network Fellowship Presentation. Seoul, South Korea. “Secular and Religious Imagery in Central Asian Buddhist Caves: Case Studies from Museums around the World” (June, 2016).

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Asian Art, Kansas City. “Seeing Chinese Paintings” Art History Workshop” (June, 2014).